There is a suggestion of jealousy in the picture. The fair lady on the grey has an escort to right and left, and in all probability neither of the two young men would care what heroic deeds fate calls on him to perform over impossible fences if only he can ultimately beat his rival and win her smile for his prowess.Print size 6 x 13 inches overall size 12 x 19 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

Have you ever seen a couple of pointers or setters ranging? There is no more beautiful sight to the eye of the appreciative sportsman.Print size 7 x 12 inches overall size 13 x 18 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

There were days then, as, in truth, there are days now, when a coach ride was a thing of delight, fit to drive away the dumps and set the blood a-dancing.Print size 8 x 12 inches overall size 14 x 18 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

The old Squire and his son, as we may take these horsemen to be, rose with the lark, keen as mustard on the business that lay before them. Accepting a mug of ale en route to the meet.Print size 8 x 11 inches overall size 14 x 17 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

The view from the seventh tee at St Andrews is a wide breezy landscape, with its delicate shading of colour on wide sands and far off hills, the rugged crest of distant Lochnagar, the shining waters and the ruined towers above the bay.Print size 8 x 11 inches overall size 14 x 17 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

There is no more pretty scene than a meet of otter hounds. It is an early morning in June. All nature throbs with growing life.Print size 8 x 11 inches overall size 14 x 17 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

A very ancient game is polo. The Persians began it in 600 B.C. and the Tartars came along and competed with them. It came to GB via India. They called it "Hockey on Horseback". In 1871 the 10th Hussars and the 9th Lancers played a desperate game on Hounslow Heath before "all fashionable London," as the old account has it. Print size 6 x 13 inches overall size 12 x 19 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

A man with a fair lady handling the ribbons, with a smart tandem pacing away before him, with a warm rug over his knees, a thick ulster buttoned to the chin and weather that shows every chance of a splendid days hunting. Print size 8 x 11 inches overall size 14 x 17 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

Poor Reynard, his day is done! No more wild raids on the sleeping countryside; no more slaughter in hen house and rabbit warren.Print size 7 x 13 inches overall size 13 x 19 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

Keen scent, long endurance, high courage. Such are the chosen qualities of the fox-hound. The fox-terrier is a bundle of muscles, cunning and a temper that is somewhat doubtful.Print size 8 x 11inches overall size 14 x 17 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

Over goes the middle stump - a true eye must cover point possess - and the batsman is run out without a suspicion of doubt in the mind of the umpire.Print size 8 x 11inches overall size 14 x 17 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

A charming group enough this trio make at the foot of the fall. The Gillie stands waiting with the rod, while the angler is, with some deliberation, opening his fly book to select the appropriate lure.Print size 8 x 12inches overall size 14 x 18 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

A great slashing horse he is, and he is moving down the village street with the high action that shows his hackney blood.Print size 8 x 12inches overall size 14 x 18 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

Our friend in the picturehas had all the success he wanted, as the scene upon the mud flat shows. They are brent geese that he has bagged,the best of all their kind from the point of view of the gunner and the lover of the table.Print size 8 x 13inches overall size 14 x 19 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

It is difficult to imagine a more terrifying moment for a man than to be on the ground, even if clear of his plunging horse, with a dozen or so racers charging down on the fence over which he has fallen.Print size 8 x 12inches overall size 14 x 18 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

It has been said that a full-grown fox terrier has as much intellect as a child of five, and the statement does not seem exaggerated. To his master he is extraordinarily faithful.Print size 8 x 12inches overall size 14 x 18 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

The old inn, with the red-coated well mounted circle before it, is a joy to the heart of all lovers of the oldest and finest of British sports. Print size 5 x 14inches overall size 11 x 20 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

The pointers gallop, as many consider, is the embodiment of strength and grace. They are strongly built dogs, and their strength is wanted to drive them through heavy crops of mangel or potato.Print size 9 x 11inches overall size 15 x 17 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

There is no more annoying accident in all the changes and chances of the hunting field than a cast shoe. It is to the horseman, if sportsmen will pardon the simile, what a punctured tyre is to the motorist. In either case the horse's hoof or rim of the wheel will suffer damage unless prompt measures are taken.Print size 9 x 11inches overall size 15 x 17 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

The worthy squires of the olden days were sportsmen through and through. If they did not travel fast, they travelled surely ; they knew and appreciated every good bit of work displayed either by the hounds or the huntsmen.Print size 8 x 12 inches overall size 14 x 18 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

Coursing is one of the most ancient of sports. Indeed, King Soloman himself speaks of the greyhound as an example of what "goes well and is comely in going!"Print size 7 x 13 inches overall size 13 x 19 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

A Hunters shape, as the horse in the picture is well nigh perfect. He has a fine shoulder, which will carry him safely down the hills and good quarters and hocks to lift him through heavy ploughlands and throw him over timber and water.Print size 9 x 11 inches overall size 15 x 17 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

The Devon and Somerset stag-hounds flourish and will continue to flourish, on the most desolate stretch of moorland and forest that England knows. It may be mentioned, however, that comparatively few cases such as that presented in the picture are on record.Print size 8 x 12 inches overall size 14 x 18 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

When it comes to the last shot the excitement is intense. A veteran skip delivers a stone with a vigour that sweeps opposition aside and with some flukiness maybe wins the match!Print size 8 x 12 inches overall size 14 x 18 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

The pack hunts its four days a week, and is therefore divided in half, each section taking two days. They could never last the season if this arrangement were not brought about ; but this does not make the off day any more pleasant for Ranger, Gambler, Pirate and the rest when it is their turn to stay at home.Print size 8 x 11 inches overall size 14 x 17 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

Look at the little terrier in the picture that is being held up for the admiration of the whipper-in. true, it is very much doubted if he is not more concerned with the charming lass so near to him than with the youngster she is holding.Print size 8 x 11 inches overall size 14 x 17 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

A pretty sight they make, these youngsters of the pack, on this misty September morning as they come pouring over the hedge and dash away over the fresh turned earth and golden stubbles..Print size 8 x 12 inches overall size 14 x 18 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

We have no fish in all our waters to match the salmon in beauty and valour. It must have been with a large fly that the fish was captured, for it is only such lures that in these northern streams salmon will rise to in cold weather.Print size 8 x 12 inches overall size 14 x 18 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

As the picure shows us, it is just the very day for fox-hunting ; there is a soft wind from the south and a cloudy sky, which should mean a good scenting day on which the hounds should run like whirlwinds.Print size 9 x 11 inches overall size 15 x 17 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

The scene depicted is at the end of a drive. After five or six minutes' wild excitement and fierce firing the guns stand quietly about watching the keepers gathering the birds they have slain..Print size 8 x 12 inches overall size 14 x 18 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

Much of the success of the hunting season lies in the kennels. To keep the hounds hard at work in all weathers, it is supremely necessary that they be healthy.Print size 7 x 13 inches overall size 13 x 19 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

There is no place in the world where Rowing is so scientifically taught and so enthusiastically pursued as at our Universaties of Oxfprd and Cambridge.Print size 8 x 12 inches overall size 14 x 18 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

It is the early morning of one of those September days on which it is a joy to be alive. Trotting demurely along the road come the young hounds who are out to learn their business in life.Print size 8 x 12 inches overall size 14 x 18 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.

Ladies should be careful of their outfit, for until rational dress has become more common than it is at present, they must see to it that their skirts are of sufficient shortness.Print size 8 x 12 inches overall size 14 x 18 inches. approxGreen mount and brown frame.